Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest. She has done her best to style her chestnut hair to look like a famous performer. Her black eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food she seems plenty friendly. She dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered poetry. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To be a Crown-heir again; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Philantrophist, Logical, Artistic. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 900 pp. Bloodstone (70 gp). Alexandrite (1500 gp). Hematite (7 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a grey cloak and cross-gartered tan stockings. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. He has styled his red hair well, parting it to the right. His ears are large.

Personality: A grumpy guy he will invite people to lunch so he can critique them. Yet he still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage daughter.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Being born in the east, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the east for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way south. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east; and wants to raise his children well

Ideals: Philantrophist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 500 pp. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This tall, slender woman wears a fine chain shirt which she covers with pastel colored cloaks and clothing. She has wavy yellow fur. She is baby faced.

Personality: She resents people who mock her appearance or her, so she has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. She is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. She likes to tell stories.

History: Gifted from a young age, Quick studied abroad. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Mortician for the past few years.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the south; and she is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 8000 gp. Golden circlet with four aquamarines (2000 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (600 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (600 gp).

Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. She has dyed her greying white crest a little too much giving a sharp white color. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She is a Dyer first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: She is a Yochlol in disguise. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Dragonborn companion (her 'brother'). She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To be a Layabout again.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 1000 gp. Lapis lazuli (9 gp). Blue-white diamond (4000 gp). Emerald (1200 gp). Rhodochrosite (9 gp). Rock crystal (80 gp). Deep blue spinel (700 gp). Violet garnet (700 gp). Rose (80 gp). Aquamarine (700 gp). Alexandrite (700 gp). Black opal (1200 gp). Amethyst (80 gp). Eye agate (9 gp). Aquamarine (700 gp). Zircon (80 gp). Tourmaline (80 gp). Banded agate (9 gp). Banded agate (9 gp). Tourmaline (80 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. Her skin is fair and her fingers are delicate and long. Her silver hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. Her hazel eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She trusts no one. She is not readily capable for forgiveness and her ire never leaves her. She does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for her. She lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: She was born into a rich family. Her father took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. She was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of freemasons.

Motivation: She's in love; and wants her loneliness to end

Flaws: Antagonistic, Secretive. Bonds: Rich, Nature, Has a crush. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 5000 gp. Jeweled electrum ring (3000 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (700 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (4000 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He stands about 4'5" and wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with deerstalker hat. His left leg appears badly burned and disfigured. With bright silver hair and a scraggly beard. His eyes are a pleasant hazel.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: He was born in the north, but his parents moved at a very young age to the east. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality.

Ideals: Pacifist. Bonds: Adventurer, Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 11000 gp. Fiery yellow corundum (400 gp). Bloodstone (80 gp). Black opal (400 gp). Jasper (80 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (11 gp). Bloodstone (80 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Standing 5'6", this man is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. He has done his best to style his golden hair to look like a famous performer. His brown eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. He is accommodating to his spouse and as such limits his hospitality. He is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven himself a capable leader.

History: The child of a Stableman, who enjoyed hunting, Justin was taken on many hunting expeditions. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to his current location. Some 8 years later his spouse died after the birth of his son. Heartbroken, Justin never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his son whom he trained as his father had trained him before.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Passionate. Bonds: Attractive, In love, Nature, Immigrant. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 10000 gp. Star rose quartz (70 gp). Red garnet (70 gp). Smoky quartz (70 gp). Sard (70 gp). Chrysoprase (70 gp). Aquamarine (1600 gp). Jet (70 gp). Carnelian (70 gp). Rich purple corundum (1500 gp). White opal (1500 gp). White pearl (70 gp). Tourmaline (70 gp). Black pearl (1600 gp). Jet (70 gp). Onyx (70 gp). Star ruby (1500 gp). Deep green spinel (70 gp). Chrysoberyl (70 gp). Jasper (70 gp). Violet garnet (1600 gp). Blue-white diamond (5000 gp). Violet garnet (1600 gp). Amethyst (70 gp). Sard (70 gp). Brown-green garnet (70 gp). Brown-green garnet (70 gp). 1 Medium magic item.